In this work, we discuss our vision for neuromorphic accelerators based on integrated photonics within the framework of the Horizon Europe NEUROPULS project. Augmented integrated photonic architectures that leverage phase-change and III-V materials for optical computing will be presented. A CMOS-compatible platform will be discussed that integrates these materials to fabricate photonic neuromorphic architectures, along with a gem5-based simulation platform to model accelerator operation once it is interfaced with a RISC-V processor. This simulation platform enables accurate system-level accelerator modeling and benchmarking in terms of key metrics such as speed, energy consumption, and footprint.
@article{arxiv.2407.06240,
title = {Invited: Neuromorphic architectures based on augmented silicon photonics platforms},
author = {Matěj Hejda and Federico Marchesin and George Papadimitriou and Dimitris Gizopoulos and Benoit Charbonnier and Régis Orobtchouk and Peter Bienstman and Thomas Van Vaerenbergh and Fabio Pavanello},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06240},
year = {2024}
}